Re: DHRG on the IIgs vs IIe/IIc

[D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>]

Tempest wrote:
> I keep hearing that the Apple IIgs doesn't display Double Hi-Res Graphics
> 100% correctly when in Apple IIe mode.  Unfortunately I can't seem to find
> any pictures to do comparisons or any that show what the differences are.
> Does anyone know what the problem is and what to look for?  It's been
> awhile since I've had my IIgs hooked up, but IIRC the DHRG games looked
> fine (maybe a little blurry but that could just be my crappy monitor).  At
> this point I'm just curious and would like to see the difference for
> myself.  I'll dig out my IIgs if I must, but I was hoping someone had
> already done this. :)
>

This is probably related to the Alternate Display Mode setting in the text
control panel which affects text screen 2.

As I recall, some games such as Pac-Man would display as a screen full of
the digit '2' until the Alternate Display mode was activated.

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